During his recent appearance at a panel at the Motor City Comic Con, Stephen Amell was asked if Black Lightning will be a part of this year’s crossover, and whether or not the hero (played by Cress Williams on his own CW series) is on Earth-1 with the other heroes.

“I don’t know if Black Lightning is on Earth-1,” Stephen said to the fan who asked. “I think it would be fun to do a crossover because I like Cress and I like the people on that show. I’m not confirming it. I don’t know anything. I just think it would be fun.”

There is someone new that he’ll get to work with, at least. “I do know that in the crossover this year, I get to work with a major character that I have never worked with before,” he teased.

Dare we to hope that hero is Superman? We do know, at least, that Batwoman is a hero Oliver hasn’t met before that he’ll be working with.

Spoilers aside, when answering an unrelated question, Stephen did say that Superman is a character he’d like to see in the Arrowverse.

“Superman. I thought that Tyler [Hoechlin] did a great job, and I had an opportunity to fangirl over Tom Welling,” Amell said, referring to the Smallville star. “And by the way, people say that I was the start of this. I wasn’t the start of this. He was the start of this. I would love for Oliver and Clark to eventually meet. I think that would be incredible.”

Arrow returns for Season 7 later this year, where the show will be airing Mondays at 9PM.

Craig Byrne

Craig Byrne has been writing about TV on the internet since 1995. He is also the author of several published books, including Smallville: The Visual Guide and the show's Official Companions for Seasons 4-7.